Day: May 8, 2018

‘Pink Mercy’ available until May 21 Blizzard have announced that, from today, players can pick up a beautiful new skin for Overwatch’s iconic healer Mercy, with all of the proceeds being donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). The skin is available until May 21 and costs $14.99. In a new video, Overwatch director…

By Tanner Dedmon – May 8, 2018 Fortnite players are finding that Thanos looks much less intimidating when he’s dabbing, dancing, and doing the rest of the battle royale game’s best dances and emotes. With Thanos now in Fortnite thanks to the Avengers: Infinity War crossover event, it wasn’t long before players started realizing that…

Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) Today, Apple was awarded a patent for an “electronic device having display with curved edges” that brings the dream of a round Apple Watch a little closer to the realm of possibility. Noticed by 9to5Mac, the patent mostly discusses the technical challenges when it comes to creating curved and circular displays,…

Starting Tuesday, May 8, Google is officially rolling out a new update to its Gmail application specifically for iOS. Users will now have the ability to snooze emails and send money with Google Pay. With the new snooze button, you’re able to put off emails that you aren’t able to pay attention to at the…

Google managed to elicit an audible gasp from the crowd at I/O today when it showed off a new augmented feature for Maps. It was a clear standout during a keynote that contained plenty of iterative updates to existing software, and proved a key glimpse into what it will take to move AR from interesting…

After four years at the helm of Messenger, David Marcus will be leaving the team to lead a small group of Facebook employees to explore what blockchain technologies can do for the social media giant. In a post on Facebook, Marcus noted that he would be “starting from scratch” in these efforts surrounding blockchain tech.…

U.S. regulators are considering new rules on exposure to lead in dust, water, and paints. Derek/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) By Ariel Wittenberg, E&E NewsMay. 8, 2018 , 4:00 PM Originally published by E&E News Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has declared a “war on lead,” and is also leading an assault on…

Facebook instituted its biggest executive shakeup in its 15-year history this week, appointing new leaders for WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook’s core app while giving other longtime Facebook executives new responsibilities, including a new effort to tackle blockchain technology. The moves, which were announced internally to employees today, are meant to improve executive communication and user…

WASHINGTON — Melania Trump’s rollout this week of her “Be Best” initiative focusing on children was intended to give the first lady an agenda all her own. Instead, it revived accusations that Mrs. Trump’s ideas were really coming from somewhere else. Observers on Twitter quickly pointed out that one of the primary materials with “Be…